I finally got Viva la Vida!!  I’m slow I know.. my friends already saw them in concert and we didn’t this time around .  .. but they are totally my favorite band… and I just heard my new favorite song that is my summer song.  My husband and I just listened to it in the car late at night with the windows down in the warm summer air… It’s just so dang happy and etherial! Strawberry Swing

“It’s such a perfect day”

“The sky could be blue, I don’t mind, without you it’s a waste of time”

Kids will be kids, boys will be boys…

I just read this awsome blog entry by a mom commenting to a well intentioned shopper who tried to calm her fussy child.   http://momminitup.com/?p=853

Being a mom with a 1 1/2 year old boy who doesn’t like to sit still I can totally relate.

I just had an experience in which someone decided to counsel me on how to control my noisy boy.  I would love to rant on just how on so many levels it was just so wrong to say those things… BUT! my blog is fun and not serious so I will just say this:  Toddlers are eager to explore the world around them.  They don’t like to be confined into shopping carts or seats in which they have to be quiet.  They haven’t yet learned the concept of when it’s time whisper “Hop Pop” instead of exclaim “HOP POP” when thumbing through Dr. Suess or whisper when they’re excited to see Dad instead of proclaim out loud “Daddy!” at inapropriate times.  But in time they will learn.  Each month they are changing and each month they are growing farther and farther away from babyhood and into childhood.  Don’t rush it!  We parents are struggeling to be consistant and train our children at every oportunity.  So don’t discourage a parent who’s doing their best.

 August 9, 2008 Danny and Elizabeth Nora were married at the Hyatt in Valencia.  The wedding went of beautifully in a small outdoor ceremony.  My buddy Frank of Papini Studios was my sidekick for the day and made the day just fly by as we had fun doing what we both love!

Congratulations Danny and Nora!

Father Daughter Dance. Nora glowed in the arms of her father.

Janine being the faithful Matron of Honor to rub the brides feet!

The room spins but Nora and Danny are in their own world

Nora teaches Danny the "hussel"

United as one

Mother Son Dance. They had so much love between them.

The glowing bride

Rach, Trina…. I’m soooo loving these pictures I had to put them up tonight!!

This was a session from this afternoon.  Here’s a few quick one!

Lovely Kara almost 14 months old!!

Beautiful Emma and silly little brother

Big smile! Look at those teeth!

Sleepy in the grass. (hehe)

Here’s a couple new story boards of cute boy Orlando.  Enjoy!

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I learned a new word today.  SPOONY: foolishly or sentimentally in love.  How cute!  Sometimes the english language facinates me. Dispite my not so healthy relationship with spelling of the english language… it really has some facinating words!  Dictionary.com is on my google home page so I get a new word everyday! In fact.. Here’s what my home page looks like. (It almost feels too personal to share) but here it is!!

BTW you can see in the lower right Denise Bovee is on Interesting Photos of the Day once again!!  Love that girl.  And you can see a few of my favorite blogs.

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